Gluten Free Cauliflower Pizza

So it wasn't the plan for my Saturday night meal but turned out to be a good idea in the end. Cauliflower Crusted Pizza. I had a hankerin' for homemade pizza of late so I thought I would try this and maybe find a gluten free treat for some clients. I must say it was quite yummy.

So for the crust...

Preheat oven to 400°F.

1/2 head of cauliflower riced,  in other words shredded in food processor or by grater. About 2 cups once shredded. Place in steamer until cauliflower turn somewhat less opaque. You are making a dough out of this so you want it to be soft but not watery.

In a bowl, beat one egg and then mix in 1 cup of shredded cheese, I used Knoydarts Double Gloucester Old for a nice organic and local option. You could use any good quality melting cheese like cheddar or mozzarella.

You can add in other flavourings here too. Some garlic, basil oregano... I did not add anything to mine. I like to start plain so I can taste where I might like to take it the next time. Since I was making a traditional pizza sauce pizza, I knew  I would have lots of flavour to add this time. If I was doing  a simple caramelized onion and mushroom pizza, I might add garlic and rosemary to the crust. It is really a flavour canvas so paint what inspires you.

Add the steamed cauliflower into the egg mixture. Stir until well combined.

Place on pizza pan. I used a baking stone so didn't need any oils. If you think necessary to grease your pan, please use a fat that can take the heat like coconut or ghee.  It was easy to spread out into pizza shape.

Place in oven for 25 minutes or until crust is golden brown on edges.

As for what goes on top..

Dress with whatever your heart desires. I wasn't planning on making pizza so unless I wanted some squash on there, all I had that was appealing was red peppers. I no fat sautéed them in some white wine. It only took a second and gave the sweet peppers and even sweeter taste. I used my standard tomato sauce which I blogged about earlier in Pasta with a Punch. Since the crust has a fair amount of cheese I was pretty stingy with the cheese on top.

Put pizza back into oven. Since it only needs to heat through and melt any additional cheese, you can put it on broil for a few minutes.

This recipe is completely flour-less which I like. It means though that it is a knife and fork pizza as opposed to a in your paws pizza. There are recipes that add flour into the crust, 1/2 c of rice flour or chickpea flour will keep still keep it gluten free.